Question

【题目】Vocabulary

In 2016, a young British father was trampled（踩踏）to death by an elephant on the island of Koh Samui（苏梅岛）in Thailand. The 【1】 once again raised questions over whether it is ethical to use these giant animals as entertainment.

For many visitors, the chance to 【2】 with elephants is at the top of their holiday wish list. There’s no shortage of opportunities to do so, from taking photos of baby elephants on the beach, to riding them through the jungle, to watching them balance on tightropes and dance.

But what most visitors don’t realize is these animals are involved in 【3】 cruel methods to make them behave. They are often kept in terrible conditions. This includes being 【4】 up when not performing, without interaction with other elephants, a poor diet, etc. They are also subjected to training practices including beating and stabbing（刺,戳）with hooks.

Away from their natural habitat and forced to repeat the same routines day in day out, the torture continues throughout their 【5】 shortened lives. It’s not exactly the stuff that holiday dreams are made of.

Unfortunately, riding elephants is still one of the most popular tourist activities in Asia. The World Animal Protection 【6】 3,000 elephants at tourist sites across Southeast Asia in 2017. The study found that 77% of them were living in“severely cruel”conditions. It also found that there had been a 30% rise in the number of elephants at tourism venues in Thailand since 2010.

Many parks 【7】 themselves as sanctuaries（庇护所）but they are not. Real sanctuaries will 【8】 contact with the elephants and visitors can only observe them from a distance most of the time.

The tour sector needs to play a much bigger role in restricting elephant tourism. As travelers, please avoid any place offering riding or allowing interacting sessions with elephants. When you see abuse（虐待）【9】, do your bit by leaving your review on review sites and social media to warn other tourists. It really does work—many parks are now becoming 【10】 as a result of pressure from tourists, the industry and the media.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】A

【4】H

【5】B

【6】C

【7】E

【8】I

【9】F

【10】K

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。作者由大象踩踏事件引发讨论，揭露了大象作为娱乐方式的残忍，呼吁游客行动起来保护大象。

【1】

考查名词。句意：这种悲剧又一次引起了争议，即用大象作为娱乐是否道德。该句缺少主语，且空格前有定冠词，可知本题要填名词，再结合前句的踩踏事件，可知要填tragedy(悲剧)。故选G。

【2】

考查动词。句意：对于许多游客而言，和大象互动排在他们假期意愿清单之首。根据句子分析可知，the chance后面需要接不定式，作为后置定语，故可知要填动词。再结合语境和介词with，可知要填interact with…( 与……互动)，故选D。

【3】

考查副词。句意：但是很多游客并不清楚，这些大象被人们使用相当残忍的方式，来让其言听计从。 be involved in意为被“牵扯到”，后面接cruel methods作为宾语。本空修饰限制cruel，需填副词，extremely表程度，意为“极度地”，常用在形容词之前作状语，故选A。

【4】

考查动词。句意：这包括当大象没有表演时要拴起来，不能和其它大象互动，吃得差等等。include后接宾语，由being可知后面意为动词的过去分词形式，表被动。结合when not performing可知要用chained, 此处chain up意为“拴起来”。故选H。

【5】

考查副词。句意：大象远离了它们的自然栖息地，被迫日复一日重复这样的日常，这种折磨贯穿了它们急剧缩短的一生。本句中shortened为“被缩短的”，故前面需要添加副词，结合语境，大象的寿命由于这些折磨而被急剧地缩短，填dramatically(急剧地)。故选B。

【6】

考查动词。句意：2017年，世界动物保护协会调查了东南亚旅游景点的三千头大象。本句缺少谓语动词，结合下文调查研究结果study found that…可知此处应为investigated(调查)，故填C。

【7】

考查动词。句意：许多公园宣称自己为大象的庇护所，但实际并非如此。本句缺少谓语，可知要填动词。根据后面but they are not可知公园并没有真正做到成为大象的庇护所，可知公园在宣称自己，此处应填advertise(广告 作宣传)，故填E。

【8】

考查动词。句意：真正的庇护所会限制游客与大象的接触，游客大多时候只能远观。本句为并列句，可知前半句缺少谓语，应填动词。结合语境可知，真正的庇护所是要保护大象，因此会限制游客与大象的接触，应填limit。故选I。

【9】

考查非谓语。句意：当你看到有虐待大象的事情发生，要尽自己的责任，可以通过在评论网站和社交媒体留言的方式来告知其他游客。本句考查see sb doing sth的结构，doing作为宾语的补足语，可知应填动词。结合语境，当你看到虐待大象事情方式时，应填occurring(发生)。故选F。

【10】

考查形容词。句意：这个办法真的奏效，现在许多公园由于游客、旅游业和媒体的压力，而不让骑大象了。根据become可知后面应填形容词充当表语，结合语境，公园由于压力而不会让游客骑大象了，因此要填ride-free。故选K。

做好选词填空题，必须先理解文章意思的基础上，通过分析句子成分来确定要填什么词性的词，再结合语境意思来确定最终的答案。